Agroforestry: Principles and Practices_Inact
by Alok Kumar Patra
ISBN: 9789351305668
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Imprint : NIPA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 4800.00
Biblio : 242 pages,25cm
Author Profile
Dr. Alok Kumar Patra: is presently working as Associate Professor (Agronomy) in All India Coordinated Research Project on Integrated Farming System, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubneshwar 751 003, Odisha.
About The Book
The origin of agroforestry practices, i.e. growing trees and shrubs with food and fruit crops and grasses is traditional and very old; but the science of agroforestry is new. Years of experience and experiments have shown that agroforestry as a land-use system is capable of yielding both food and wood and at the same time helps in conserving and rehabilitating the ecosystems. It has the capability to increase the overall productivity of land, maintain the nutrient balance in the soil and above a
Table of Contents
"Preface
Glossary
1. Introduction
2. Agroforestry Systems and Their Classification
3. Social Forestry
4. Agroforestry and Soil Productivity
5. Tree-Crop Interactions in Agroforestry
6. Multipurpose Trees for Agroforestry
7. Tree Propagation and Nursery Management
8. Agroforestry Management
9. Agroforestry for Different Agroecological Zones
10. Agroforestry for Watershed Management
11. Agroforestry for Wasteland Development
12. Agroforestry for Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation
